Parents forced him to take extra classes too much, boy went to the police station to report

According to Jiupai News, the student went to the police station in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, central China to report the location of the after-school class he was forced to attend by his parents.

The boy showed the police his extra-curricular books when he came to report.

At the police station, the boy said that he often had no rest on weekends, but had to do homework in the morning and then attend extra classes in the afternoon . "I'm stressed because of extra classes. I don't want to attend those classes anymore," the boy told the police in distress.

In a video recorded at the police station, the boy was seen in his school uniform and crying as he complained about the pressure he was under to study. A police officer listened and gave him a tissue to wipe his tears.

Although his academic performance ranked 8th in the class and 25th in the whole grade, his parents still wanted him to achieve higher scores and rankings.

To comfort the boy, a police officer said: "You have excellent academic performance and your parents just want you to study a little harder." At the same time, the police officer advised him to confide in his parents about the pressure, but the boy shook his head in disappointment.

The middle school student cried while explaining the pressure of taking extra classes to the police officers.

The boy's story sparked a heated debate on social media about the academic pressure that children face every day.

"The boy is so pitiful. He looks so tired, it's pitiful", "Why do parents force their children to study so much?"...

However, there are also opinions that agree with the boy's parents: "When businesses recruit new employees, they require candidates to have degrees from top universities. So if you don't study hard, you won't have a bright future. Yes, the pressure to study is great, but you have to endure it."

In October 2023, a student in Shaanxi Province called the local education authority more than 10 times in an hour to report that the school held extracurricular classes during the week-long National Day holiday.

The school was then asked by the authorities to stop tutoring activities.

On October 15, 2023, the mainland government issued an order banning tutoring classes for kindergarten, primary school and secondary school students.

The decision follows a controversial "double-dip" policy introduced two years ago that placed strict limits on homework and after-school tutoring.

However, parents fear that their children will not keep up with their peers in a highly competitive educational environment, so they spend more money to hire "underground" tutors for their children.

Dieu Anh (Source: SCMP)

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